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Antipodean electoral dictatorship: Simon Booth looks across the Tasman to contemplate Australia's electoral future.

Publication: Arena Magazine
Publication Date: 01-APR-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Antipodean electoral dictatorship: Simon Booth looks across the Tasman to contemplate Australia's electoral future.(Against the Current)

Article Excerpt
When contemplating the unexpected Howard Government majority in the Senate and what it might bring, discussion has unsurprisingly been focused on the relationship between the Commonwealth Government and the six states, and how federalism might limit the Government's agenda. A little attention to our trans-Tasman neighbours and their experiments with electoral reform offers an interesting counterpoint to current Australian clamouring over unfettered federal government.

In 1993, New Zealanders decided to radically change the manner in which they elected their politicians. Since 1913 they had been electing their Members of Parliament through a simple first-past-the-post system, in which the recipient of the most votes was declared elected without the fuss of preferences or run-offs. A strong twoparty system emerged in which...

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